Property Record
430 LINCOLN DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Birge Hall |
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| Other Name: | Birge Hall, Building 22 (UW#0054) |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 100093 |
| Location (Address): | 430 LINCOLN DR |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Additions: | 1955 1913 1961 |
| Survey Date: | 1974 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | Jarvis Hunt (advisor, Chicago); Arthur Peabody (1910 and 1913 vivarium addition); Law, Law, Potter (1955 addition); Karel Yasko (1961 greenhouse) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Bascom Hill Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/12/1974 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Birge Hall is contributing to the Bascom Hill Historic District, NR listed 1974, NRIS #: 74000065 "As you head east down Bascom Hill, to your immediate right stands a dusky sandstone structure with a yellow brick addition. This is Birge Hall, named for Edward Asahel Birge, a renowned naturalist, professor of biology, and president of the University, 1918-25. Birge pioneered the study of lakes. Built in 1910, the Biology Building was dedicated at Birge Hall in 1950 after the emeritus president's death at age 98. In the first floor lobby is a natural history exhibit. Birge Hall houses Botany, Zoology research, the Herbarium, and greenhouses." University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tour Guide, 1988. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Feldman, Jim. “Buildings of the University of Wisconsin.” Madison, WI : UW Madison, Archives and Records Management Service, 2006. Originally published 1997. http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=7134919. Accessed: February 2012. University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tour Guide, 1988. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |